And be it further enacted, That the Aldermen or Deputies and Common Councilmen of the several Wards of the said City and Liberties, or the major Part of them, shall and they are hereby authorized and empowered from Time to Time, as Occasion shall require, to make an equal Rate upon all and every Person and Persons, Bodies Politic and Corporate, Guilds, Mysteries, Fraternities, and Brotherhoods, whether Corporate or not Corporate, and the Owners or Occupiers of Public Offices and Buildings, who do or shall inhabit, hold, occupy, possess, or enjoy any Land, House, Shop, Warehouse, Vault, Cellar, or other Tenements or Hereditaments within the said several Wards, and the Liberties and Precincts within the same, regard being had in making the said Rate to the Abilities of, and likewise to the Rent paid by the said several Person and Persons, Bodies Politic and Corporate, Guilds, Mysteries, Fraternities, and Brotherhoods, whether Corporate or not Corporate, and the Owners and Occupiers of Public Offices and Buildings, to defray the Expence of raising and maintaining the Quota or Number of Men to serve in the said Militia herein before directed to be provided by or for the several and respective Wards aforesaid, and all other incidental Charges relating thereto.